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Email exchanes concerning the Sec. of State's upcoming testimony. Heavily redacted.
Jan. 12, 2005
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan
Katherine M. Gorove, Joshua L. Dorosin
Email is in response to a previous message from Steven Solomon, which discusses a recent speech by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). The reply is redacted.
Email forward of a paper written on the three War on Terror cases decisions issued by the Supreme Court in 2004. The paper summarizes Rumsfeld v Padilla, Hamdi v Rumsfeld and Rasul, et al v Bush. All three cases were brought by, or on behalf of, ...
Email from Katherine Gorove to Joann Dolan "re: families of GTMO detainees increasing pressure on GOF". This email is a forward of a previous email sent from Anne R. Sorensen to Michael A. Butler with an attachment. Ms. Gorove adds a comment to ...
Dec. 30, 2004
Email
Katherine M. Gorove
JoAnn J. Dolan
JoAnn J. Dolan, Katherine M. Gorove
Email from Katherine MGorove to Vernell Staten and Mark P. Lagon re: Time Sensitive Request: PA Tasking. Partially redacted; involves setting up a meeting to discuss the OHCHR to release a report on human rights in Iraq.